HACKETTSTOWN — A 24-year-old Independence man was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and maintenance of lamps after police found a glassine bag with suspected heroin on Feb. 10, police said. They gave this account:

At about 9 p.m. police stopped a vehicle that was driving with a tail light out on Route 182. Police approached the vehicle and found what appeared to be an empty glassine bag of heroin on the floor and, inside the vehicle, another empty glassine bag and a glassine bag with suspected residue of heroin.

The driver, Matthew Dughi, was charged and released pending a court appearance.